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Back To School I Spy (FREE Printable Activity)

28th July 2025 by Kate Williams | Leave a Comment

Grab our free printable back to school I spy spy game that’s perfect for kids to color either in the lead up to the upcoming school year or the first week back at school.

This fun printable is free for you to download and has loads of school supplies for you to color and count, plus you can print as many copies as you like so it’s perfect for classroom use.

back to school i spy printable

What You'll Find on This Page

  • Back To School I Spy
  • What Items Are In This Printable
  • Materials Needed
  • How To Do Your I Spy Activity
  • More Back To School Printables and Ideas
  • How To Get Your Free Printable Back To School I Spy Activity

Back To School I Spy

As a mom I know that the time around the new school year is so hectic we need all the quick and easy ideas that we can get!

This fun printable helps with learning in a playful way, with kids coloring and counting our school themed items.

You can print this design at home if you’re looking for a screen free activity or you can use it at school plus you can print as many copies as you like, making it perfect for parents and teachers who need a quick prep activity.

In the PDF file you’ll find three pages, the first is our design just in black and white, perfect if you want to save on printer ink.

The second page has a little more color with the border shaded and the items colored in at the bottom of the page.

Want to be able to answer you kid straight away when they ask you how many calculators there are? The third page is a copy of the completed sheet that you can see below with all the answers included.

What Items Are In This Printable

We’ve included some of our favorite things that make us think about school, so in this activity you’ll need to find:

  • Calculator
  • Set Square
  • School Bus
  • Books
  • Lined Paper
  • Apple
  • Pencil
  • Globe
  • ABC Letters
  • Scissors
  • Backpack
  • Glass Beaker

back to school i spy

Materials Needed

  • I spy at school PDF
  • White paper
  • Coloring pencils, markers or crayons

How To Do Your I Spy Activity

Doing an I spy activity is super easy and it’s really quick to set up too, to get started just print out the design that you want from the PDF file and grab your coloring pencils or markers.

Choose one of the school items that you want to look for such as the backpack and then color in each of those items. Count how many you’ve found and colored and then write the total number in the box at the bottom of the page next to the picture of that item.

Keep going with all of the different items until you’ve colored in all of the items on the worksheet and counted up each of them.

More Back To School Printables and Ideas

On this site I’ve shared loads of free printables with lots of ideas that are perfect for the first week of school, these are  some of my current favorites that you might like too!

Practice color and number recognition with this school color by number that has a color by sum version available too.

Practice scissor or cutting skills with this cut and paste build a school bus craft, there’s three choices for what windows to put in your bus including the option to draw people in the bus yourself.

Our all about me printable is a great way for kids to find out a little bit more about each other with sections for their favorite foods, color and something that they’re really good at.

Plus it’s a super cute keepsake for parents as can look back to see what your kids loved the most at each age.

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